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Neottia auriculata

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Species of orchid

Auricled twayblade
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Neottieae
Genus: Neottia
Species: N. auriculata
Binomial name
Neottia auriculata
(Wiegand) Szlach.
Synonyms
  • Listera auriculata Wiegand
  • Ophrys auriculata (Wiegand) House
  • Bifolium auriculatum (Wiegand) Nieuwl.
  • Listera borealis f. trifolia Lepage
  • Listera auriculata f. trifolia (Lepage) Lepage

Neottia auriculata (syn. Listera auriculata), the auricled twayblade, is a species of terrestrial orchid found in northeastern North America (Labrador, New Brunswick and Maine west to Manitoba and Minnesota.

Description

N. auriculata when mature, has two ovate, sessile leaves that are paired on the stem but arranged oppositely. It has small pale-green flowers with three sepals and three petals, the lowest petal is modified into a wider lip - which is divided from one-fourth to one-third its length.

Distribution and habitat

N. auriculata is a rare orchid species, which was in 1975 proposed as a threatened species in the US, but subsequent surveys found that it existed in greater abundance than initially thought. In the Great lakes region it occupies a very specific habitat, which has sandy soils just about the high water line of rivers that enter lake Superior. It is associated with alders or mossy-banks under trees.

References

  1. ^ "Neottia auriculata", World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2012-04-05
  2. "Plants Profile for Listera auriculata (auricled twayblade)", USDA Plants, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, retrieved 2012-04-05 (as Listera auriculata)
  3. Flora of North America v 26 p 589, Auricled twayblade, Listera auriculata Wiegand, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club. 26: 166, plate 356, fig. 2. 1899.
  4. Biota of North America Program, 2013 county distribution map, Neottia auriculata
  5. ^ Barbara Coffin; Lee Pfannmuller (1988). Minnesota's Endangered Flora and Fauna. U of Minnesota Press. p. 107. ISBN 978-0-8166-1689-3.

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Taxon identifiers
Neottia auriculata
Listera auriculata


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